1881 census place

Owston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Owston, Lincolnshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

83 surnames are listed for Owston, Lincolnshire, covering 521 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Waterhouse, with 41 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Owston

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Waterhouse	41	3.09%	202.97x
2	Fish	23	1.73%	93.16x
3	Smithson	21	1.58%	165.22x
4	Duffield	20	1.51%	173.91x
5	Theaker	20	1.51%	647.25x
6	Leggott	17	1.28%	1180.56x
7	Eyre	15	1.13%	94.34x
8	Pettit	15	1.13%	143.13x
9	Scholey	15	1.13%	328.95x
10	Farr	13	0.980%	66.02x
11	Temperton	13	0.980%	1065.57x
12	Travis	12	0.910%	77.17x
13	Lindley	11	0.830%	83.91x
14	Qualter	11	0.830%	4782.61x
15	Roebuck	11	0.830%	122.49x
16	Torn	10	0.750%	4761.90x
17	Ebbs	8	0.600%	571.43x
18	Laming	8	0.600%	293.04x
19	Laughton	8	0.600%	124.03x
20	Pettinger	8	0.600%	540.54x
21	Pycock	8	0.600%	1142.86x
22	Redhead	8	0.600%	111.11x
23	Fretwell	7	0.530%	155.56x
24	Gambles	7	0.530%	353.54x
25	Hibberd	7	0.530%	85.78x
26	Maw	7	0.530%	144.63x
27	Shores	7	0.530%	1250.00x
28	Storrs	7	0.530%	823.53x
29	Thorton	7	0.530%	721.65x
30	Campling	6	0.450%	306.12x
31	Mellors	6	0.450%	144.93x
32	Merryweather	6	0.450%	201.34x
33	Petit	6	0.450%	697.67x
34	Sweeny	6	0.450%	195.44x
35	Broomhead	5	0.380%	84.32x
36	Burks	5	0.380%	304.88x
37	Finegan	5	0.380%	442.48x
38	Heenan	5	0.380%	471.70x
39	Mell	5	0.380%	588.24x
40	Mellers	5	0.380%	704.23x
41	Mosey	5	0.380%	485.44x
42	Pilkinton	5	0.380%	1282.05x
43	Calam	4	0.300%	666.67x
44	Dook	4	0.300%	1111.11x
45	Elsom	4	0.300%	182.65x
46	Gross	4	0.300%	161.29x
47	Popple	4	0.300%	173.91x
48	Rusling	4	0.300%	380.95x
49	Sargeson	4	0.300%	655.74x
50	Slingsby	4	0.300%	107.82x
51	Barningham	3	0.230%	666.67x
52	Butterick	3	0.230%	491.80x
53	Catley	3	0.230%	105.26x
54	Drewery	3	0.230%	106.38x
55	Gravel	3	0.230%	428.57x
56	Bowskill	2	0.150%	160.00x
57	Chafer	2	0.150%	192.31x
58	Crackle	2	0.150%	465.12x
59	Everatt	2	0.150%	160.00x
60	Flockton	2	0.150%	147.06x
61	Hambley	2	0.150%	172.41x
62	Man	2	0.150%	82.64x
63	Spofforth	2	0.150%	476.19x
64	Staniforth	2	0.150%	39.76x
65	Tune	2	0.150%	120.48x
66	Twells	2	0.150%	114.94x
67	Allatt	1	0.080%	66.23x
68	Arrand	1	0.080%	156.25x
69	Asham	1	0.080%	1250.00x
70	Basnet	1	0.080%	1666.67x
71	Carrott	1	0.080%	88.50x
72	Currier	1	0.080%	100.00x
73	Dannatt	1	0.080%	144.93x
74	Driffield	1	0.080%	90.91x
75	Duckering	1	0.080%	142.86x
76	Feilding	1	0.080%	119.05x
77	Horst	1	0.080%	344.83x
78	Newborn	1	0.080%	123.46x
79	Prestwood	1	0.080%	172.41x
80	Revel	1	0.080%	80.00x
81	Standering	1	0.080%	909.09x
82	Waby	1	0.080%	128.21x
83	Westoby	1	0.080%	52.36x